When Rogelia, a Mexican curandera, becomes a maid at Marina Peralta’s home, it’s obvious to Marina and her friend Fern that they have a real mystic on their hands. Soon Rogelia agrees to teach the girls the magic of their ancestors, much as she taught her granddaughters, Xochitl and Gracielia. Even though Marina and Fern are thrilled to have this chance to understand and use their powers, Xochitl isn’t happy about sharing such a sacred thing with anyone but her sister, who perished in a car accident. Besides, magic has let Xochitl down before. Why wouldn’t it now? But, as the girls will eventually discover, at Rogelia’s House of Magic anything is possible.
Somehow this book dissapointed me. I must say I'm not very into books about magic and spells and stuff, but the Hispanic theme of the book made me pick it up. Rogelia's house of magic just wasn't my cup of tea. Maybe it is because I am learned not ever to try the things the girls in the book where doing because they can be really dangerous, like the spells and magic ritual stuff they where doing overly in the book, which raised me some question marks. But though I am curious if Jamie Martinez Wood is going to write more teen novels.
